Hi Ken,

The scenario you described regarding remote Traversal from a GLV is
automatically handled.

The GLV would provide code similar to the existing implementation we
already have, which can be found here:
https://github.com/JetBrains/youtrackdb/blob/develop/core/src/main/java/com/jetbrains/youtrackdb/api/gremlin/YTDBGraphTraversalSourceDSL.java#L95

Andrii Lomakin,
YouTrackDB development lead.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM Ken Hu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What does this mean if someone tries to send a remote Traversal from a GLV?
> I'm guessing that is what makes "1. Providing DSL that does the same call"
> necessary. I think that scripts and traversals need to have the same
> capabilities "out of the box" when using the GLVs. So while I think this is
> a good idea, I would also like to see a proposal on what can be done for
> remote Traversals.
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM Andrea Child
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Andrii,
> >
> > I like your idea as it would improve readability of traversals to be able
> > to reference the service directly in the grammar instead of via the call
> > step. Looking forward to the contribution!
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> > From: Andrii Lomakin <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Proposal: Intorduction of equalence between call(serviceName,
> > args:List) and method call in scripts
> >
> > Good day, colleagues.
> >
> > I would like to propose an approach to enhancing the extensibility of the
> > Gremlin script, which, although it does not solve all problems, will make
> > many Gremlin extensions feel native.
> > The Idea, as you may have already guessed from the title, is simple: if a
> > service is registered in TinkerPop to treat it as a method call with
> > parameters, such as args: List<Object> as an argument.
> >
> > So call like: g.schemClass("User") will be translated to
> > g.call("schemaClass", "args" : ["User])
> >
> > In such a case, providers will extend Gremlin twofold:
> > 1. Providing DSL that does the same call.
> > 2. Registering related service.
> >
> > If you agree with this proposal, I would be glad to contribute it, as I
> > mentioned, it does not solve all issues, such as the usage of custom
> > predicates, but I am under the impression that it can be extended to that
> > case too in the future.
> >

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